Officer Warren V Eckert

Rank: Police Officer
Panel: 63-E: 17
Department: Baltimore City, Maryland, P.D.
End of Watch: November 16, 1960
Cause: Motorcycle Accident
Age: 27
Years of Service: 5

Description: Patrol motorcycle accident.

6 November 1960: Police Officer Warren V Eckert

On this day in Baltimore Police History, November 16, 1960, we lost our brother, Police Officer Warren Eckert
On November 16, 1960, at approximately 12:35 P.m., Officer Warren Eckert was responding to a call for service using his lights and sirens. At the intersection of Pratt and Carey Streets, Officer Eckert was struck by another motorist, throwing him from his motorcycle. He struck his head against the street, causing fatal injuries. Officer Eckert served with the Baltimore Police department for 5 years. Before being appointed to the Baltimore Police Department in 1955, Officer Eckert was a member of the United States Navy, where he served from April 19, 1951, until March 22, 1955.

Motorist Faces Jury Action in Fatal Acciden, December 21, 1960, page 36
A motorist who was involved in an accident in which a traffic policeman was killed last month was held for grand jury action yesterday after a hearing in Central District Police Court - Police said the defendant, Thomas A Goins, Jr., 42, Negro, was driver of a pickup truck which collided with a motorcycle operated by patrolman Warren V. Eckert November 16. The Officer was dead on arrival at Franklin Square Hospital after the Accident. Police testified that Patrolman Eckert was westbound on Pratt Street with his siren operating and red light flashing when his vehicle hit the truck, which was Northbound on Carey. And had run the red light entering the intersection in the path of Patrolman Eckert Goins, of 600 Block of Baker Street, was charged with manslaughter. He was held on $1000 Bail
As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department, we will not let him be forgotten for his service It honored the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore Police Department; it honored us all may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.

$70,000 Granted Kin Of Policeman
Dec 12, 1962, p. 17
Damages totaling $70,000 were awarded in superior court yesterday to the widow and three minor children of Officer Warren V. Eckert, a motorcycle patrolman, who was killed in a traffic accident while escorting an emergency ambulance to a hospital in November 1960
The jury under Judge Anselm Sodaro returned a consent judgment of $27,750 for Mrs. Katheryn A. L. Eckert: $19000 for Maureen S Eckert 6, $11500 for Beverly C Eckert 10, and $2250 for Mrs. Eckert as administratrix. Testimony produced by James R White A. Davis Gomborov and Matthew Swerdloff. The plaintiff's council disclosed that Patrolman Eckert was leading an Ambulance with his siren on and lights blinking when he was struck by a truck at Carey and Pratt Streets. Thomas A. Groins Jr., driver of the truck of the 600 block Baker Street and Baltimore Beverage Distribution Company of Maryland, Inc., of the 2600 Block Pennsylvania Ave., ran the light into the intersection, causing the collision
As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department, we will not let him be forgotten for his service It honored the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore Police Department; it honored us all may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.